State recognition (notification) as an inspection body (testing laboratories, sampling bodies) for sewage sludge and soil investigations according to the Sewage Sludge Ordinance

You submit an application for notification as an investigation body for sewage sludge investigations to the authority of the country in which you have your headquarters. Please attach the required documents. If necessary, the authority will request further application documents. After verification by the competent body, you will receive a written notification as to whether the notification will be made as an investigating body. The authority may make the notification subject to a reservation of withdrawal, a time limit, conditions, obligations and the reservation of conditions.

Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation

You have the necessary expertise, independence, technical equipment and maintain a quality management system according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025.

The requirements of the specialist module waste for the administrative agreement on the proof of competence and the notification of testing laboratories and measuring bodies (inspection bodies) in the environmental sector regulated by waste law are fulfilled.

You have a valid DAkkS accreditation for the investigation and sub-areas that you want to apply for notification.

You have submitted the application in the country where you have your headquarters. If they are abroad, submit the application in the country where you primarily want to carry out this activity.

The application for notification must be submitted to the competent Land authority. The application documents will be made available digitally.

For the notification of the requested areas of investigation, a competence assessment according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 is required. A subject-module-compliant (waste module) accreditation of the Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS) serves as proof of competence.

The following documents of DAkkS are required:

• Accreditation notice and accreditation certificate
• Attachment of documents
• Last review reports
• At the request of the authority, the deviation reports and other documents

In Lower Saxony, the application for notification must be submitted to the Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz - Direktion (NLWKN).

The amount of the fees will be determined in the course of the procedure on the basis of your information.

Administrative fee in accordance with the Ordinance on Fees and Expenses for Official Acts and Services (AllGO) (see point 96.4_Verordnung on state-approved inspection bodies for water and waste law monitoring)

prior to the commencement of surveillanceactivities

The examination of the request for notification of an investigating body must be completed within three months; Section 42a (2) sentences 2 to 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act (Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz, VwVfG) applies.

• Written form required: Yes
• Personal appearance required: No
• Forms: Yes

You will receive a notification from the competent state authority. If the notification cannot be given, you can file an objection.

Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation

List ID 427 (whitelist; Status: 13.09.2018)

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